Potter Bank

Potter Bank is a building in , , . Potter Bank is situated nearby to the university building , as well as near the scenic viewpoint .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Durham University Observatory.

Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in . The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 , Egyptian, , , and other Far East and artefacts. is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Potter Bank.

University building
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The is a weather owned and operated by the University of Durham. It is a Grade II listed building located at Potters Bank, Durham and was founded in 1839 initially as an astronomical and meteorological observatory by Temple Chevallier, until 1937 when the observatory moved purely to meteorological recording. is situated 580 feet north of Potter Bank.

School
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is a fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in , . Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. is situated 1,300 feet north of Potter Bank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neville’s Cross and Crossgate.

Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in , England. It is also a ward of with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.

Suburb
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is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the area of , in , England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the and areas of the city.

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is a city in in North East . The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.

Potter Bank

Latitude
54.76673° or 54° 46′ 0″ north
Longitude
-1.5868° or 1° 35′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C6WQC87+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 419772691
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­service
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